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Van-Pedestrian Accident Kills 51-Year-Old Woman, Severely Injures Man

A man and woman were hit by a van as they were walking in a parking lot yesterday afternoon. The 51-year-old woman was killed and the 47-year-old man suffers from serious injuries.

Just after 5 p.m., the accident happened at the Starlite Swap Meet at 84th and S. Tacoma Way. It is reported that the driver of the van hit a pickup truck and then veered onto 84th Street.

It is unknown as to what caused the driver to hit the pedestrians. The 62-year-old driver is cooperating with police.

Davis Law Group is saddened to hear of this fatal pedestrian accident. We send sincere condolences to the friends and family of the woman whose life was taken from her.

Pedestrian Accident Statistics

There was a loss of 4,881 lives in pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes in 2005, almost thirteen people every day of the year (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts). Though the number of pedestrian fatalities fell from 5,584 in 1995 to 4,881 in 2005, the fatalities in 2005 were the highest since 4,901 fatalities were recorded in 2001.

Pedestrians account for about 30% of all traffic fatalities involving children under the age of 15 years. NHTSA estimates that more than 22% of children between the ages of 5 and 9 who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians. Roughly 19% of children involved in traffic fatalities under age 16 were pedestrians. And approximately 8% of all children under age 16 injured in a car accident were pedestrians.


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